Private investigator Liberty Lane's latest case takes her to rural Gloucestershire to uncover the truth of a brutal murder
July, 1840. Did young Jack Picton, a known rebel and political agitator, kill governess Mary Marsh? Liberty Lane has left London for Cheltenham to find out, sharing the magistrate's doubts. He is, however, hiding something . . . but what? As Liberty is about to discover, behind Cheltenham's genteel facade lies a hotbed of vice. It is a place where the poor are driven to desperate lengths to escape the horror of the workhouse. A place which is harbouring a ruthless killer. Can Liberty uncover the truth in time?
Caro Peacock, who has written five previous Liberty Lane novels, is a pseudonym of Gillian Linscott the award-winning author of numerous crime novels, including the Nell Bray series. She lives near the Welsh borders.
Title: The Path of the Wicked (Creme De La Crime)
Author: Peacock, Caro
ISBN: 9781780290416
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2013-01-31
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.3902 kg
Historical-mystery fans will enjoy this colorful adventure set in the nineteenth-century British countryside * Booklist *
The author has put a lot of work into laying the groundwork for the denouement, which will satisfy classic whodunit fans * Publishers Weekly *
The sixth in this highly enjoyable series adds social commentary to a rich broth of historical tidbits and an excellent mystery * Kirkus Reviews *